PAPAL STATES
\pˈe͡ɪpə͡l stˈe͡ɪts], \pˈeɪpəl stˈeɪts], \p_ˈeɪ_p_əl s_t_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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Formerly, an irregular group of states, Z-shaped, the northern and eastern portions, Romagna and The Marches, being connected by a strip across the Apennines with the southern, or States of the Church. Romagna annexed formally to kingdom of Sardinia, 1860; the rest to kingdom of Italy, 1870.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).